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ARDUOUS
Definition of ARDUOUS
adjective
Needing or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin arduus (“lofty, high, steep, hard to reach, difficult, laborious”), akin to Irish ard (“high”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ARDUOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 82 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ARDUOUS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADORSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start ARDUOU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found ARDUOUS?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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